Science & engineering
Series & parallel capacitors
Calculate ideal capacitance in series or parallel.
A clear answer. Here’s how.
Parallel capacitance is the sum. Series capacitance is the reciprocal of the sum of reciprocals. Enter 1–1,000 component values from 1e-12 through 1e12 in µF. Ideal components only; tolerances and frequency effects are excluded.
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Worked example
A fixed demonstration, separate from the values you enter above.
- Capacitance values (µF), separated by spaces
- 100, 220, 330
- Connection
- Series
Example result
- Equivalent capacitance (µF)
- 56.8965517241
- Component count
- 3